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The University of Lethbridge has taken a major step forward in the development of its new program focused on the ethics of politics, by announcing Dr.

Health care in Alberta has faced numerous challenges in recent years and members of the University of Lethbridge’s Collaborative Health Research Institute of Southern Alberta (CHRISA) are organizing an unconference event designed to bring forth bold new ideas.

Terry Whitehead (BA ’94), one of the University of Lethbridge’s most engaged and impassioned alumni, has been elected by the ULethbridge Senate as the institution’s 15th chancellor. It is just the second time in the 56-year history of the school that an alumnus will occupy the role.

The University of Lethbridge is gathering to celebrate the appointment of its 15th chancellor. WHAT: Announcement of the 15th chancellor of the University of Lethbridge WHEN: Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023, 11 a.m. WHERE: University Hall Atrium

A new scholarship has been created at the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business to honour the Every Child Matters movement.

What began as conversations between a University of Lethbridge graduate student and Blackfoot elders more than a decade ago came full circle Wednesday when the University became the first post-secondary institution to sign on as a supporter of the historic Buffalo Treaty.

The University of Lethbridge is inviting the public to learn more about the brain and the world-renowned research being done at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) in advance of Brain Awareness Week from March 13 to 19. “The CCBN is a world-class research facility and we encourage members of the public to visit us and learn about the incredible activities taking place right here in southern Alberta,” says Dr. Artur Luczak, a neuroscience professor, and a Brain Awareness Week speaker.

On September 24, 2014, the first Buffalo Treaty was signed on the Blackfeet Reservation near Browning, Montana. It was signed by eight First Nations – four American and four Canadian. Since 2014, nearly 50 First Nations have signed the Buffalo Treaty along with hundreds of individuals and organizations —all in agreement to work toward the educational and environmental objectives of the treaty. Join the University of Lethbridge as it becomes the first post-secondary institution to sign the treaty. WHAT: Signing of the Buffalo Treaty

On September 24, 2014, the first Buffalo Treaty was signed on the Blackfeet Reservation near Browning, Montana. It was signed by eight First Nations – four American and four Canadian. Since 2014, nearly 50 First Nations have signed the Buffalo Treaty along with hundreds of individuals and organizations —all in agreement to work toward the educational and environmental objectives of the treaty. Join the University of Lethbridge as it becomes the first post-secondary institution to sign the treaty. WHAT: Signing of the Buffalo Treaty

The University of Lethbridge’s annual Indigenous Awareness Week, Mar. 6-10, embraces the spirit of reconciliation by offering a host of activities designed to facilitate conversations and understanding.